by Julie Pollock | Mar 30, 2026 | Blog, Conferences, Lab Thoughts, Research, Students, Teaching
At the start of spring, a number of folks from the university traveled to the national ASBMB meeting in Washington DC. It was a first time for me at this conference and I really enjoyed the atmosphere. There was a nice mix of scientific sessions and educational...
by Julie Pollock | Nov 7, 2025 | Blog
This week it was announced that I was selected for a 2025 Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award. This job is challenging, rewarding, exhausting and rejuvenating. It always keeps you thinking, adapting, learning, and growing, but I’m glad to be a professor at...
by Julie Pollock | Aug 12, 2025 | Blog, Lab Thoughts, Research, Students
This post is a little late into the summer as the students have been gone for a few weeks and everyone is almost back on campus for the start of a new semester. However, I just wanted to highlight the amazing group that made progress on essentially five different...
by Julie Pollock | Aug 7, 2025 | Blog, Lab Thoughts, Students
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) prevalence has increased dramatically in the United States in the past decade. A recent study from JAMA found that from 2011 to 2022, ASD diagnosis rates increased by 175%. This surge in cases emphasizes the urgency of understanding not...
by Julie Pollock | Jun 16, 2025 | Biochemistry, Blog, Publications, Research, Students, Teaching
Back in January 2021, Hannah Parker reached out about joining the research lab. We were still living the pandemic, and Hannah, who was a health care studies major, was doing her studies remotely. I had just finished teaching Biochemistry lecture to my biggest class...
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